we are not throwing america's seniors over the cliff to give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in america. >> i have to ask you, sir, is there a fight over medicare within the democratic party? and is that contributing to the lack of progress in these negotiations? >> no, there isn't. the democratic party supports the president. he's looking for savings in medicare like we have prescription drug price negotiation, that saves $160 billion. what we don't want to do is cost shift or raise the eligibility age. serve on everybody is on a razor's edge. bottom line, this really is a two-person negotiation between the president and speaker boehner. >> but congressman, you'll remember that when speaker boehner and the president were in those grand bargain negotiations, the president is alleged to have mentioned the possibility of raising the qualifying age. >> that's right. and that caused a great deal of concern among democrats. >> it certainly did, and this week he was asked a question by barbara walters in an interview, and again he didn't slam that down as if that was something he would not co